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Title: Nimbus IV
Catalog #: 08_01368
Additional Information: Weather Satellite
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Whilst 'Berresfordsmotors' and I chose to replicate something from this steeped in folklore fleet with our Ex St. Helen's Corp. AEC Swift, this is the genuine article. NSG 869 is a prototype Albion Nimbus which was operated in several stints by the Cheddleton based firm. Miraculously it survived various culls of withdrawn vehicles, even that at the end after the closure and merger with PMT. The little bus was acquired firstly by Berresford's mechanical forman who stored it at nearby Consall, then passing to a former POPS member, but latterly and most importantly to Trevor and Carol Walters who restored it to it's present glory. It's seen here giving pleasure to it's passengers at todays Potteries Connection running day based on Longton Stoke on Trent.
i just adore his grumpy little face! i plan on giving him some blushing at some point (when i have time - which is in short supply at the moment!)
1952 Nimbus 746cc Four & Bender Sidecar
The current owner bought this gorgeous and rare 1952 Nimbus Outfit from a local BMW dealer back in 1998 and it's seen occaisional use up to 2009; when it was decommissioned for display in his collection. The sidecar is the correct Danish Bender copy of the well-know Steib.
This is a very unique package that runs as well as it looks and has been very well cared for.
The result of diversification by the Danish vacuum cleaner manufacturer, Fisker & Nielsen, the Nimbus motorcycle first appeared in 1919. Unusually, only inline four-cylinder models were built. These were of advanced design, using shaft final drive and pressed steel frames right from the start of production, and pioneered the use of the telescopic front fork in the mid-1930s. The early models featured a distinctive tubular spine frame that doubled as the fuel tank, soon gaining the nickname 'stovepipe'. Motorcycle production was suspended in 1928 to enable the company to concentrate on producing its Nilfisk vacuum cleaners, and when the new Nimbus appeared in 1934 it was with a power unit that showed strong motor-industry influence, being constructed along car lines with integral crankcase/cylinder block in cast iron and a detachable alloy sump. The cast-iron cylinder head was topped by an alloy housing for the single overhead camshaft, which was driven by shaft-and-bevel gears. A single-plate clutch transmitted power to the three-speed gearbox. Foot change for the gearbox, a beefier front fork and larger brakes had been added by the end of the 1930s, but from then on the Nimbus changed little until series production was ended in 1954, once again to free up resources for the vacuum cleaner business. An additional few machines were assembled from spares between 1954 and 1959 but none have been made since then. Production was always on a limited scale but such is the quality of the Nimbus that many remain in service today.
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The sixth 10.1m Caetano Nimbus bodied TransBus (Dennis) Dart delivered to Connex was a one-off delivery in 2005. This differed from the five delivered the previous summer by having a wheelchair ramp fitted and seating for 34 versus 41 in the previous batch.
544 suffered significant damage in a collision with a granite wall in Greve D’Azette shortly after entering service which resulted in it being shipped back to the UK for repairs.
Connex built up a fleet of 19 10.1m Darts in total between 2004 and 2007. This one remained unique in the fleet as subsequent deliveries matched the specifications of the original five.
544 was the only one of the nineteen not retained by CT Plus in 2013 and was subsequently shipped back to Ensign in the UK. It later became 42358 (EY05 FYP) with First where it operated in the East Anglia and Kernow areas.
Launched in 1964, the first Nimbus satellite was intended to test weather satellite technology. Rescued Nimbus observations have also documented 20th-century cryosphere conditions. Credit: NASA
#100 th Whymcycle, only one I built in the year 2000.
Named after the Harry Potter Quidditch racing broom. Harry was popular, at fever pitch waaaayyy back then. Nice 'Schwinn YO! ' scooter base bike, especially.
Note 3'' offset rear axel. This baby bounces for propulsion!
this : www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuwXdOQYpso at 30 , 60 & 2:10 has bouncers in action, with most of my other movers and shakers